Bricklayer&#39;s guide



Sept. 27, 1927.

Q. AN G ELI LL] BRICKLAYER S GUIDE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 30, 1926INVENTORY I I Qairiizoirzy eZiZZi.

TTORNEY Sgpt. 27, 1927.

Q. ANGELILLI BRICKLAYER s GUIDE ATTORNEY Big- Sept. 27, 1927.

Q. ANGELILLI BRICKLMZIEER S GUIDE Filed Nov. 30, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR I gairz'noflng i' t' ATTORNEY Sept. 27, v Q. ANGELILLIBRICKLAYERS GUIDE Filed N 50. 5 4 Sheets- Sheet 4 ATTORNEY PatentedSept. 27, 1927.

warren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed November 30, 1926. Serial No. 151,794.

guide line in a vertically adjustable manner, and means for renderingthe line taut without vertically. moving said carrying means. lVith theabove and other objects in View that will hereinafter appear theinvention still further resides in the novel details of construction,combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will ,be first, fullydescribed, then be particularly pointed out the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use upon anoutside buildlhe invention generally relates to guide devices adaptablefor use by bricklayers for guiding the laying of brick in theconstruction of buildings and primarily has tor its object to provideabricklayers gulde of simple and compact construction, economical tomanufacture and practical in its adaptation for use in guidingthelayingot brick at the corners of abuilding and for carrying and movingthe usual guide line.

As is well known, it is the present common practice to raise the cornersof a buildingin succesive steps in advance of raising the interveningwalls in accordance with the raised 111g corner. c p i corners. In aneffort to assure evenness in Figure 2 1S a viewsimilar to Figure 1 andthe wall construction, only the most expert illustrates the invention inuse upon an inside of the bricklayers are given the task of buildingcorner. v raising the corners. Even with this precau- Figure 3 is a planview of the parts shown tion it "frequently happens that appreciable inFigure 1. g g difference in mortar thicknesses occur and Figure 4 is aside elevationillustrating the one corner may comprise more courses thanlower portion of thecorner attachment and its accompanying corner,rendering imposthe l ne carrier applied to an outside buildsiblc thelaying of registering courses being corner. tween them and necessitatingthe tearing Figure-5 is a detail plan view illustrating down andrebuilding of at least one such cornen an outside corner upright and itsline carrier.

Figure 6 is a detail plan view illustrating This practice of raising thecorners first aninside corner upright and itsline carrier. also causesthe bricklayer to work without knowing definitely the exactness of hisacvFigure 7 is a side elevation illustrating an complishment l-lemustfrequently test his outside corner upright per se. i H

Figure 8 is a detail cross section taken work and finding inaccuracieshe endeavors to put it in plumb by hammering This across one side armlooking toward one side loosens the mortar already set, and the bricksremain detached with their weight bracket. 7

Figure 9 18 a detail s1de elevation of a aloneholding them in position.

Also, in the practice mentioned nails are portion of a line carrier.'

Figure 10 1s a somewhat diagrammatic driven into the wall to hold theguide line. This occasions detachment of the bricks and plan viewillustrating the manner ofinounting the upright in making an addition toa corner of a building. 7 7 leaves holes in the walls. I Figure 11 is aplan. view of the invention It is to. efllcientl'y overcome the above inuse in making an addition to a building faults and to provide additionaladvantages in the nature of a projection from a wall that I have devisedmy mechanical guide thereof, modified form of support bracket bv the useof which a wallmay be uniformly and line carrier being shown. I raisedby workers of ordinary skill, with Figure 12 is a detail plan viewillustratease and the assurance of perfect accuracy in ing the uprightand bracket shown'in Figure the work. I 11.

In its more detailed nature the invention Figures 13 and 1- l,arediagrammaticedge seeks to provide a device of the character viewsil-lustratingthe modified form of line stated wherein is provided acorner guide carrier shownin Figure 11 and the manner upright means tomount said upright in opof inounting and removal of the same. erzitii'eposition upon the building, a guide l gure 15 1s a tragmentaryelevat onof an scale having a plurality of selective tacos end portion of anupright mou i g S de carried by the upright in a manner permittingpresentation of a selected :taceto view,

Figures 16 and 17 are detail perspective means on said uprightforcarrying a justable scale or course divider in each of viewsillustrating modified forms of the adloss of action. The centrallug 7also passes through apertures 13 formed in the respective ends of whichmeans is shown for providing eight selective course dividing scales 8and 3 respectively.

In the drawings, 1 represents the corner guide upright which may beconstructed of any suitable material, wood for example, and which issubstantially diamond. shape in cross section and has that corner oredge thereof which is adapted to be presented toward the .corner beingbuilt provided with a right angled notch 2 which, in the construction ofthe said corner, serves to guide and position the merging extremities ofthe bricks forming the center.

One face of the upright 1 may be provided with a suitable scale 3,preferably a repeated .standard foot scale, as indicated in Figure 7 ofthe drawings. This scale serves to quicklyiiidicate the hei ht of thewall or story being built or portion thereof.

To further provide f r effectively guiding the courses the upright isprovided with a vertical bore 4 formed adjacent one face thereof, theinterior of which may be viewed through the window 5 formed in theupright face mentioned and communicating into the said bore. In the bore4 is mounted an adjustable scale 6 having a plurality ently' dividedguiding scale adaptable for guiding the laying of different sizedcourses formed of varying thicknesses of bricks and varying thicknessesof mortar. To this end, the scale faces may be as many in number as maybe desired and sub-divided in any suitable manner in accordance with theneeds of the most common uses to'which the device ing bracket 12, theinner extension of which is embedded in the wall in the manner indicatedin- Figures 3 and 4. The provision of the lugs 7 and 10 and the mannerof mounting them as just described assures against position of the.upright by any twist the angle iron side arms 14, the said ends beinglapped and resting on the bracket 12 beneath the upright 1.

This manner of mounting serves to anchor the said side arm ends, and thesaid lapped ends form a rest for the adjustable nut 9. It will beunderstood that by reason of providing the adjustable nut rest for theupright, by turning the said nut the upright may be raised or lowered toprovide a considerable vertical adjustment thereof as may be necessaryor desirable in the use of the device in some instances.

One or both of the angle iron side arms may be braced to the bracket 12,if desired, as indicated at 15, and to further strengthen the bracket 12the same may be provided with a vertical leg portion 16 adapted to lieflatly against the wall being constructed and which is suitably bracedas at 17. I

The side arms 14 lie flatly against the side of the wall beingconstructed and the extendedend of each thereof is supported upon abracket 18 which like the bracket. 12 has a portion thereof embedded inthe wall and a vertical portion 19 suitably braced as at 20. The saidside arm ends are each provided with a suitable slotway 14* throughwhich the embedded portion of th bracket 18 may pass, see Figure 15. g

In practice the upright 1' is preferably constructed twelve feet inlength About three feet from the uppermost end of the upright a-braceconnector21 is secured and to each end of the said connectora brace rod22 having turn buokle equipment 23 is secured and connects with theoutwardly projected end of the bracket 18 at that side of the corner,thus serving to rigidly brace and position the upright and to hold thedevice in rigid relation.

- To provide for adjustingthe scale 6 to present a selected face thereofto View through the window 5 the same may be provided at its lower endwith a depending stem 24 which may be projected through the lower end'of the upright 1 and provided V with a turning wheel 25 that may bereadily rotated to change the position of the" said scale for thepurpose described, see Figure 4.

In practice when the device is being used as an outside corner guide thesame is mounted in the manner illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing inwhich case the selected scale of the member 6 serves in the mannerillustrated to guide the courses of the wall and the thickness of themortar joints.

To provide for. suitably carrying the usual guideline for guiding. thelaying of the courses between the mechanically guided corner I provide aline carrier block 26 vertically slidable upon the upright 1 and whichmay be secured to an tion along the upright by tie clamp screw 27. Thecarrier is provided with a suitable selected posiwindow 28 throughwhichthe selected scale of the member 6 may be viewed and for suitablycarrying the line the said carrier is equipped with a line winding drum29 rotatably mounted upon the said carrier as at 30 and including theturning handle 31 by which rotation may be imparted to the said drum. I

The carrier and drum are provided with releasable back check pawldevices 32 which permit rotation of the drum in a direction effectingwinding in or tightening of the line but serving to check any tendencyof the drum to rotate in the opposite direction. Suitable guide rollers33 are mounted on the carrier which serves not only as antilrictionmeans but also to position the line close to the wall in the mannerillustrated in Figures 3, l, and 5. The line is indicated at 34.

In using the line carrying feature of the invention the carrier blocksof the uprights at two corners of the building are vertically adjustedto a like suitable position upon the uprights when the said blocks aresecured to the adjusted position and the winding drums thereof rotatedto draw the line taut.

The back check pawl device serves to hold the drums against backrotation, thus keeping the line in its taut'condition. By using myimproved guide in this manner it is un necessary to build up the cornerin advance of the remainder of the wall as the whole wall may go upcourse by course guided not only at the corners but also along the wholewall, thus ensuring perfectly even and uniform construction.

In Figures 2 and 6 lhave illustrated a modified form in which theprinciples of the invention are adapted for use in guiding theconstruction of an inside corner. In this adaptation of the inventionthe upright is formed substantially spear-head in cross section to morereadily fit into the corner being constructed. Otherwise theconstruction of the parts forming the device are substantially the sameas those hereinbefore described and the said parts are indicated by thesame numerals as tliosemsed to describe the parts of the first mentionedform and with the index letter 2; added thereto. 'lVith this explanationfurther detailed description of the parts of this modification is deemedunnecessary. ln'this form of the invention the brace connector 21 isprojected straight inwardly from the inside corner of the upright 1 andthe brace rods22 are connected directly to the end thereof. To preventany tendency or the brace rod bending the upper end of the uprightinwardly, supplei'nental braces 35 may be connected betweenthe said rodsand the inner end of the id connector in the manner indicated in inigure 6. r

in Figures 11 and 12 of the drawings 1 'vention in constructing In thefigures referred to, 36 represents the modified torm ol line carrierwhich includes the usual anti-traction and guide rollers 37, andtightener pulley 38 for carrying and positioning the line 39. It will beobserved that as in other forms the line carrier is in the nature of anopen frame for partially encircling the upright, the opposed sides ofthe frame, however, engaging the oppo site sides of the upright ondifferent planes, as shown in Figure 13 of the drawings and the saidsides being connected by a connecting' piece which when mountednormally, as indicated in the figure referred to, bears angular relationto the upright. Thus, when the carrier is normally mounted, as indicatedin Figure 13, it snugly fits the upright'as may be seen by reference toFigure 11' but when the carrier is turned to the position illustrated inFigure lelto bring the connecting piece to a substantially horizontalposition the sides of the carrier move away from the sides of theupright and the carrier may be readily withdrawn from the upright.

To provide for securing the carrier at adjusted positions along theupright one side thereof is provided with a key receiving socket 10inclined downwardly toward the upright and which is adapted to receivethe securing key 41 which, when the parts are mounted as illustrated inFigure 13, extends downwardly through its socket into frictionalengagement with the upri 'ht for securing the carrier at a desiredposition. By with drawing thekey as illustrated inFigure 14 the carriermay be removed in the manner hereinbefore described.

In this use of the inventionthe upright may be mounted upon a mountingbracket 42 which, like the mounting brackets hereinbetoredescribed, hasa portion adapted to be embedded in the wall being constructed, but inthis case, in order not to interfere with the wall to which an additionisbein'g made, the portion 43 to be embedded is offset in the mannerclearly illustrated in Figures 11 and 12 so to be-embedded only in thewall being constructed.

lVhen it i. desired to' entend one wall forming a corner of a building,the invention is applied for use inthe manner illustrated in Figure 10,In the common use of the incorner as illustrated in Figure 1 or thedrawings, the notch '2 formed in the upright 1. serves to notch 2 andwhich eifectively serves to positionthe upright beyond the wall in themanner illustrated. In this use of the upright the same may be mountedupon a mounting bracket -16, the ehtended portion of which may beembedded in the wall, as indicated and which may have a notched or cutout portion l? to prevent interference with the bricks forming thecorner of the old building.

As illustratedin Figure 8 of the drawings each rest brackethereii'ibeiore described may be provided with a notched portion 4haround which an ancl'ioring wire 49 may be looped, the free ends of thesaid wire being embedded in vthe wall to assure inn anchoring of thebrackets to their desired positions. When such anchoring wires areutilized they may be cut oil upon completion of the wall and the smallholes formed in the wall by reason of their position suitably tilled.

From the foregoing description, taken in I connection with theaccompanyin drawings,

it is thought that the novel details of construction, the manner of useand the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which it relates.

What I claim is: v

1 In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, means formounting said upright in operative position upon the building, and aguide scale carried by said upright and having a plurality ofdifferently graduated faces, said upright and said scale havingassociated means for exhibiting one face of the scale at a time, for thepurposes described.

I 2, In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, meansfor mounting said upright in operative position upon the building, saidupright having a longitudinal bore therein and a window through whichthe interior of said bore may be viewed, and a multi-faced scale member,movably 1nounted in the bore in a manner permitting presentation of anyselected face 'of said scale member to View through said window.

3. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, means formounting said upright in position upon the building,

a guide scale .on said upright, a vertically adjustable line carrier onsaid upright, a.

line winding drum carried byv the line carrier, and means for securingthe drum at line wound positions against unwinding rotation. e v V I I4. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, means formounting said upright upon the building, a guide scale on said upright,a line carrier vertically slidable on said upright, a set screw tosecure said carrier at adjusted positions, a ,line winding drum carriedby't-he said carrier, back check ratchet and pawl devices forpreventingunwinding rotation of the drum, and line guide anti-frictionrollers carried by the carrier for positioning the line closely adjacentand parallel the wall being laid.

5. In a device of the class described, a

corner 'uide u ri ht means for mountin said upright upon the building, aguide scale carried by said upright, and having a plurality ofdiderently graduated faces, said upright and said scale havingassociated means for exhibiting one face of the scale at a time, a linecarrier vertically adjustable on said upright in association with thescale,

a line winding drum carried by the line carrier, and means for securingthe drum at line wound positions against unwinding roiation. 1

(3. In a device of the class described, a corner guideupright, means formounting said upright in operative position upon the building, a guidescale having aplurality of rflili erently graduated faces, said uprighthaving a recess, means for mounting said guide scale in the recess toexpose one face of the guide scale at a time, the remaining 19, L V

laces being hidden by the Walls of the recess,

said upright having a vertical guide notch in the edge presented towardthebuilding corner for the purposes specified.

7. In a device of the class described, a

corner guide upright, a rest bracket beneath said upright to supportthesame and having a portion adapted to be embedded in the wall corner,angled rest brackets positioned in spaced relation to the uprightsupporting rest bracket andhaving a portion'thereof adapted to beembedded in the walls at each side of the corner formed thereby, a braceconnector secured .to the upright adjacent its upper end, adjustablebrace rods connected between the angled rest brackets and the ends ofthe cross piece for positioning and bracing the upright, and side armssecured upon the rest bracketsand adapted to lie against the wallsforming the corner.

8. In a device-of the class described,'a

corner guide upright, a-resti bracket beneath in spaced relation to theupright supporting i rest bracket and having a portion thereof adaptedto be embedded in the walls at each side of corner formed thereby,abrace condepending" lug, and its supporting bracket and the lapped armends having registering lug receiving apertures to receive theclepending lug, and an adjustable nut on said lug for the purposesspecified.

9. In a device of the class described, a

corner guide upright, a rest bracket beneath said upright to support thesame and having a portion adapted to be embedded in the wall corner,angled rest brackets positioned in spaced relation to the uprightsupporting rest bracket and having a portion thereof adapted to beembedded in the walls at each side of the corner formed thereby, a braceconnector secured to the upright adjacent its upper ends, adjustablebrace rods connected between the angled rest brackets and the ends ofthe cross piece for positioning and bracing the upright, side armssecured upon the rest brackets and adapted to lie against the wallsforming the corner, said.

side arms having their adjacent ends overlapped beneath the upright andupon'its supporting bracket, said upright having a central depending lugand an outer depending lug, and its supporting bracket having a pair ofapertures to receive both lugs, and said lapped arm ends havingapertures registering with one bracket aperture to receive the centraldepending lug, and an adjustable nut on said lug for the purposesspecified.

10. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, a restbracket beneath said upright to support the same and having a portionadapted to be embedded in the wall corner, angled rest bracketspositioned in spaced relation to the upright supporting rest bracket andhaving a portion thereof adapted-to be embedded in the walls at eachside of the corner formed thereby, a brace connector secured to theupright adjacent its upper ends, adjustable brace rods connected betweenthe angled rest brackets and the ends of the cross piece for positioningand bracing the upright, side arms secured upon the rest brackets andadapted to lie I against the walls forming the corner, said side armshaving their adjacent ends overlapped beneath the upright and upon itssupporting bracket, said upright havlng a central depending lug and anouter depending lug, and its supporting bracket having a pair ofapertures to receive both lugs, said ends having apertures registeringwith one bracket aperture to receive the central depending lugs, anadjustable nut on said lug, and a guidescale having a plurality ofselective faces carried'by said upright in a manner permittingpresentation of a selected scale face to view. 1

11. In a deviceof the class described, a corner guide upright, means formounting said upright upon the building, a line carrier mounted on saidupright and comprising an. open frame for partially encircling said.

u ari ht said carrier havin sides "which E) 7 b i oppose the upright atdifferent elevations and which are joined by a portion positioned inangular relation to the upright when in normal mounted position, wherebywhen in normal mounted position said sides will closely lit the uprightbut when moved to bring the connecting piece substantiallyhorizontalsaid sides will move away from the upright and permit ready removal ofthe line carrier, means on said carrier for holding a line taut, andmeans for securing the carrier at adjusted positions on the upright.

12. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, meansfor mounting said upright upon the building, a line carrier mounted onsaid upright and comprising an open frame for partially encircling saidupright, said carrier having sides which oppose the upright at differentelevations and which are oined by a portion positioned in'angularrelation to the upright when in normal mounted position, whereby when innormal mounted position said sides will closely fit the upright but whenmoved to bring the connecting piece substantially horizontal said sideswill move away from the upright and permit ready removal of the linecarrier, means on said carrier for holding a line taut, one said carrierside having a key receiving socket, and a key insertable through thesocket into engagement with the upright for securing the carrier toadjusted positions on the upright.

13. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright means formounting said upright in operative position upon the building, a guidescaleon said upright, said upright having a vertical notch in the edgethereof adapted to be presented toward the building corner, and anangle-notched corner guide strip secured in said corner notch andadapted to receive the brick corners at the corner of the walls beingconstructed to guide said construction.

14. In a device of the class described, a corner guide upright, a restbracket beneath said upright to support the same and having a portionadapted to be embedded in the wall corner, angled rest bracketspositioned in spaced relation to the upright supporting rest bracket andhaving a portion thereof adapted tobe embedded in the walls at each sideof the corner formed thereby, a brace connector secured to the uprightadjacent wall being built.

ts upper end, adjustable brace rods coniected between the angled restbrackets and the end of the cross piece for positioning and bracing theupright, side arms secured upon the rest brackets and adapted to lieagainst the Walls forming the corner, said rest brackets each having aWire mounting notch, and a Wire adapted to be hooked into each bracketnotch and anchored into the 15'. In a device of the class described, a

corner guide upright, means for mounting said upright inoperative'pos'itionupon the building, a guide scale having va pluralityof differently graduatedfaces, said upright having a recess, and meansfor mounting said guide scale in the recess to expose one face of theguide scale at a time, the remaining faces being hidden by the Walls ofthe recess.

QU'IRINO ANGELIIYQLVI.

